The Day the Wall Came Down
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The Day the Wall Came Down is a historic site in Texas, at a modelled elevation of 95 m. Red Hill stands 143 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is George Bush Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Texas Brazos Trail passes 0.7 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Sculpture by Veryl Goodnight at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas, United States.
Dates from 1996.
Wikidata Q129823491, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- Monument to the fall of the Berlin Wall. Another sculpture is located in Berlin, Germany.
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Texas Brazos Trail
- 19.2 mi off the Texas Independence Trail
Named places within 25 miles
- Research Park: 0.5 mi
- John Crompton Park: 1.1 mi
- W.A. Tarrow Park: 1.2 mi
- Eli L. Whiteley Medal of Honor Park: 1.2 mi
- Betsy and Pete Foster '63 Courtyard and Garden: 1.2 mi
- Pauline R. Bush "Robin": 0.2 mi
- Core Values Monument: 1.1 mi
- Reveille Graves: 1.2 mi
- College Station Railroad Depots: 1.2 mi
- Aggie Band Statue: 1.3 mi
- Wicker: 4.8 mi
- Boonville: 5.4 mi
- Enright: 7.1 mi
- Stone City: 11.4 mi
- Varisco: 11.7 mi
- George Bush Presidential Library & Museum: 0.0 mi
- James A. Baker, III Pavilion: 0.1 mi
- Children's Museum of Brazos Valley: 3.6 mi
- Bravos Valley Museum of Natural History: 5.2 mi
- Brazos Valley African American Museum: 5.7 mi
- George Bush Statue: 0.0 mi
- Haynes Ring Replica: 1.3 mi
- Bugle Stand: 1.5 mi
- Danger 79er: 1.5 mi
- Our Lady of Victory: 1.8 mi
- Mount Aggie: 0.4 mi
- Red Hill: 21.5 mi
- Green Mountain: 21.7 mi
- Mockingbird Hill: 24.6 mi
- Leach Teaching Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Cynthia Woods Mitchell Garden: 1.7 mi
- Texas A&M Horticulture Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Earth Art: 5.3 mi
- The La Bahia Pecan: 22.0 mi
- 1st Methodist Park: 5.2 mi
- Hidalgo Bluffs: 17.4 mi
- TXDAR Centennial Park - Old Nashville Site: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Day the Wall Came Down. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill | NNW 342° | 143 m | 21.5 mi |
| Mockingbird Hill | WSW 244° | 128 m | 24.6 mi |
| Mount Aggie | NE 36° | 96 m | 0.4 mi |
| Green Mountain | SSW 207° | 86 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:06 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:24 | 19:56 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:52 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:53 | 17:29 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Oct–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 76 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 81 | 71 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — College STN Easterwood FLD, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12137574231
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